Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Austerlitz 1805

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Imagine marching 70 miles in 2 days with full gear and equipment and immediately joining an active battle.

Napoleon blitzkrieg through Germany like: "I know you guys aren't ready for this yet but your kids gonna love it"

Came here back after watching Napoleon (2023) which didn’t come even close to the quality of these wonderfully made videos. Gonna watch these series again. Thank you Epic History TV. You are doing a better job than Hollywood.

This 18 minute video was far more engaging, informative and entertaining than the entire Napoleon movie.

I've never heard the analogy of "the whale and the elephant" to compare England and France. I love it

got to give napoleon credit for not resting on his laurels after become emperor. dude was still out there personally commanding battles to the very end.

They made napoleon look like a sad idiot in the movie

Although this video is two year old I would like tis share something related to this battle I live in the Netherlands and I live near a small village called Austerlitz. This village thanks his name to this battle. In 1804, the French General Auguste de Marmont established an army camp in this central location in the Batavian Republic. To occupy his bored soldiers he orders them to build a pyramid build out of earth and turf. He was inspired by the pyramids in Egypt which he had seen during napoleons campaign in Egypt.construction lasted 27 days the pyramid was 36 meters high with a 13 meter wooden obelisk. It was named mon marmot. Marmont departed with his army in 1805 where is also fought at the battle of Austerlitz. In 1806, despite protests from Marmont, Louis Bonaparte, the new king of Holland, renamed the hill the Pyramid of Austerlitz The pyramid is still there and you can climb it. It is surround by forest and as a kid I have been there a lot of times. So that’s the little fact I wanted to share Have a nice day!

Napoleon Bonaparte. THE military genius. General at 24 years old. Fought 60 battles, lost only 8, mainly at the end of his career against a wide european coalition...

That French Corps reorganization is one of the prime things I think of whenever I hear the phrase "amateurs study tactics, professionals study logistics." It completely revolutionized the modern army structure.

Ridley Scott obviously never saw this.

The whole Napoleon movie is like a Brittish propaganda hit piece. The man portrayed in the movie couldn’t have done what Napoleon did in real life.

The 4 dislikes are Kutuzov, Alexander I, Francis II, and Mack

One of the greatest men that ever lived. Even though he lost in the end, his achievements were so monumental they've lived on for centuries.

No one blames Clausewitz when he described Napoleon as the “ god of war”.

When Marshal Davout is close, you know everything will be fine

Always happy to see a new video from you. :-)

You forgot the key point : Napoleon's use of deception! 1/ He selected a battlefield located at a distance both armies could reach. 2/ He also choose it for the possibility to trap an overconfident ennemy (brilliant) 3/a. He managed to give that confidence by asking for talks (simulating a credible weakness), 3/b. accepting to deal with a low ranking prince (although he was an emperor = credible weakness) and, 3/c. while discuting, showed a parade of poorly looking exhausted soldiers. 4/ He let the Pratzen plateau to the ennemy, a military strong point which gave a tremendous advantage (simulating a strong need of a good place to rest).

I had to come and watch this video again so I can seethe about how poorly the 2023 Napoleon movie did this battle.